?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Management+of+grasslands+in+intensive+dairy+livestock+farming&rft.creator=Kristenseen%2C+Troels&rft.creator=S%C3%83%C2%B8egaard%2C+Karen&rft.creator=Kristensen%2C+Ib+Sillebak&rft.subject=+Production+systems&rft.description=By+the+intensifying+of+the+livestock+production+with+specialised+and+larger+farm+units+the+role+of+grassland+has+been+reduced.+The+change+in+EU+policy+from+a+production-oriented+marked+to+a+marked+where+the+choice+of+crop+is+linked+to+its+added+value%3B+grassland+has+an+opportunity+to+come+back.+However%2C+the+aim+for+research+and+farming+practice+within+grassland+management+should+be+seen+in+this+new+context.+The+paper+reviews+different+production+and+management+systems%2C+mainly+stressed+on+grazing+systems%2C+within+intensive+dairy+farming+and+aspects+of+feeding+and+quality+of+herbage+in+order+to+propose+areas+of+special+interest+seen+in+the+new+context.+Farming+systems+based+on+homegrown+feed%2C+as+organic+farming+and+systems+based+on+legumes%2C+need+to+be+further+developed.+The+more+experimental+research+has+to+be+initiated+by+system-identified+problems.+It+is+proposed+to+work+more+with+supplementary+feed+in+relation+to+effect+of+season+and+also+synchronisation+of+N+and+carbohydrate+degradation+in+the+rumen+in+relation+to+milk+response+and+N+efficiency.+Further%2C+work+with+time-restricted+systems+should+be+highlighted+in+order+to+maintain+a+high+pasture+intake+and+reduce+the+excretion+of+nitrogen+at+pasture.+Interaction+between+grassland+management+and+new+technology%2C+like+automatic+milking%2C+will+be+important+in+order+to+keep+a+high+proportion+of+the+dairy+cows+at+pasture.++&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Journal+paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F4693%2F1%2F4693.pdf&rft.identifier=Kristenseen%2C+Troels%3B+S%C3%83%C2%B8egaard%2C+Karen+and+Kristensen%2C+Ib+Sillebak+(2005)+Management+of+grasslands+in+intensive+dairy+livestock+farming.+Livest.+Production+Science%2C+p.+40.+[+In+Press+%2C+2005]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F4693%2F